Lion Guy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:53 am
In no particular order, Santa.
1. House cleaning of coaching staff.
2. Coaching hires that will bring enthusiasm, excitement and innovation back to the field.
3. Death of the jumbo set on 2nd or 3rd and one. For the love of Gawd.
4. Death of the RPO.
5. Coaching strategy that actually observes and plans for what the OTHER team is doing. Death of the "we just need to execute what we're doing" garbage.
6. New ownership.
7. The return of Burnham and Long.
8. Death of the fade to the back of the end zone inside the 10 yard line. Especially on 2 point converts.
9. A defence that can stop the run. A defence that plays aggressive. A defence that tells the opposition that on second and 20 you have no hope making it, so check down.
10. A long, healthy happy retirement for Wally.
There's more, but I won't be too greedy. Your turn LB's
I agree with all of them Lion Guy!!
1. I really would like us to hire a Head Coach who is very knowledgeable, from an x and o's strategic point of view.
In other words a Head Coach who is very knowledeble regarding offensive and defensive schemes but will also adjust his schemes to his players (not just plug and play).
But if that is not his strength, then a Head Coach who will hire experienced coordinators. We can't have a Head Coach who is not good with x and o's like Wally was and hire rookie coordinators.
Strategy, in the context I am discussing, involves pre-game scouting, game planning, play calling, and in game adjustments.
I assume that our future Head Coach we hire will wear a headset and will know before the play is called, what play is being called. They all do.
2. I'm also hoping for 'character' in our future Head Coach.
I'm hoping we hire someone who will not scapegoat and embarrass his players publicly, who will not deflect and blame, but instead be a 'stand up' guy who is accountable.
3. While I hope that our future Head Coach is accessible and skilled with the media (its necessary) I hope that his focus will be more on improving the team than overfocusing on his 'image'.
The media loved Wally because he was always available for a radio talk show, an interview, and a ton of quotes. But it became the Wally Buono Show rather than the B.C. Lions. It would be nice to see some of the media spotlight shared a little more while our Head Coach is in the 'film' room looking for opposition weaknesses and tendencies.
4. I hope for a coach who has a more modern leadership style. The old fear-based style of coaching has long been past its due date since the days of Lombardi.
In the NFL, coaches such as Bill Walsh, Don Shula, Chuck Knoll, Joe Gibbs, Tony Dungy, and Pete Carolll are examples that you don't have to be an ass-kicking, yelling at players on the sideline type of coach to have team discipline and be successful.
John Hufnagel and Dave Dickenson have been the most successful Head Coaches in the CFL over the past 10 seasons and while both have or had a firm style of coaching, neither scapegoated or scapegoats players in the media or yells at their players on the sidelines.
5. I would like to see our Head Coach be an innovative rather than a cookie cutter Head Coach.
The great ones usually are, both in the CFL and the NFL. Don Matthews was innovative with his defenses and his approach to the game as was Hufnagel once again, when he came back to Calgary.
Bill Bilichick is considered the best NFL Head Coach of all time. He is very, very innovative.
Lots more I could add but those are some key ones for me.
